US3790991A - Cable closure assembly - Google Patents

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US3790991A
US3790991A US00269946A US3790991DA US3790991A US 3790991 A US3790991 A US 3790991A US 00269946 A US00269946 A US 00269946A US 3790991D A US3790991D A US 3790991DA US 3790991 A US3790991 A US 3790991A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43C—FASTENINGS OR ATTACHMENTS OF FOOTWEAR; LACES IN GENERAL
    • A43C11/00—Other fastenings specially adapted for shoes
    • A43C11/14—Clamp fastenings, e.g. strap fastenings; Clamp-buckle fastenings; Fastenings with toggle levers
    • A43C11/1406—Fastenings with toggle levers; Equipment therefor
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43C—FASTENINGS OR ATTACHMENTS OF FOOTWEAR; LACES IN GENERAL
    • A43C11/00—Other fastenings specially adapted for shoes
    • A43C11/16—Fastenings secured by wire, bolts, or the like
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T24/00—Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/21—Strap tighteners
    • Y10T24/2102—Cam lever and loop
    • Y10T24/2104—Step adjusted
    • Y10T24/2106—Ski boot and garment fasteners

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  • This invention relates to a cable closure device and the method for making the closure and more particularly to a cable closure assembly for use with a securing means for a ski boot.
  • a closure for use in a boot securing means which provides not only the desired flexibility to permit alleviation of misalignment, but also the necessary rigidity to obviate point or edge loading on the closure. Moreover, it is desired to have more than one size cable closure manufactured using only one die for the various length closures.
  • FIG. 11 shows two flexible, plastic coated cables and two substantially rigid, tubular members prior to assembly
  • FIG. 2 shows the two flexible cables of FIG. 1 with their respective end portions devoid of the plastic coating
  • FIG. 3 shows the flexible cable of FIG. 2 inserted into the substantially rigid tubular members prior to a forming and crimping operation
  • FIG. 4 shows a cable closure of the present invention following a crimping and forming operation wherein the rigid members are crimped onto the cable end portions inserted therein and the rigid members have been formed into U-shaped members;
  • FIG. 5 shows the cable closure of the present invention partially installed in a ski boot buckle securing means.
  • first and second flexible cable members 10, 12 which are made up of a plurality of fine wires.
  • the cable members are covered with a plastic coating 13 which can be any suitable material such as a vinyl polymer including polyvinyl chloride, polyolefin, polyethylene, polypropylene or nylon.
  • Members 14, 16 are substantially rigid, metal tubular members. The inner diameter of each tubular member is preferably slightly larger than the outer diameter of the end portions 17 of the flexible cables which have been stripped of plastic as shown in FIG. 2.
  • end portion 18 of steel cable 10 is inserted in tubular member 14 while the remaining end portion 19 is inserted in tubular member 16.
  • the portions are inserted into the respective tubular members to the point where the end of the tubular member abuts the end of the plastic coating on the flexible members.
  • the end portions 20, 21 of cable member 13 are inserted into tubular members 14, 16 respectively in the same manner that the end portions of cable 10 were inserted into the tubular members.
  • each cable is of a length that each portion will be inserted a substantial distance into members l4, 16 in order that a sufficient amount of each cable is in a position to be properly crimped within the tubular members whereby the cable closure will withstand the desired loading in tension.
  • the assembly is inserted in a crimping and forming die wherein the inserted end portions of the flexible cables are crimped within the tubular members after which the tubular members are bent to form substantially U-shaped sections 24, 26 as illustrated in FIG.
  • Cable closure 5 has two substan tially parallel flexible sections 6, 7 connected together by two substantially rigid U-shaped end members 24, 26. In assembly, the base sections 27, 28 of the respective U-shaped sections will be seated in 'grooves or slots of a clamp or buckle or the like as illustrated in FIG. 5.
  • sections 6 and 7 are flexible, they can be easily bent to fit within the crimping and forming die, as shown in dotted lines in FIG. 4, so that following the crimping and forming operation, the cable closure will be of an increased length.
  • closure assembly has been illustrated as being rectangular in shape, it is appreciated that other shapes could be used; however, it is important that the shape permit sections 27, 28 to bear against the length of the slot or groove in which closure is inserted so that loading on the closure is not confined to only a small section of the closure.
  • the assembly could be made with the plastic on the end portions.
  • a continuous closure or loop assembly for use in an adjustable, releasable fastening device for boots, which closure or loop assembly comprises a pair of elongated, spaced-apart, flexible cable members connected to and held in spaced-apart relationship by a pair of spaced-apart end members, each of said end members being elongated, uninterrupted, substantially rigid and having end portions which are securely connected to different end portions of said cable members to provide an interconnected, continuous closure or loop assembly formed of separate but interconnected cable and end members, one of said end members being shaped and constructed to be alignable and engageable with, securely fastened by, and releasable from slotted, tensioning buckle means secured to a boot, the other end member being shaped and constructed to be secured to a boot, and each of said cable members being shaped and constructed both to flex to assist in alignment of said one end member to tensioning buckle means and to be placed under tension along its length when said closure or loop assembly is fastened by the wearer.
  • each of said end members is substantially U- shaped.
  • each of said end members is tubular and is substantially U-shaped and opposed, free end portions of each cable member extend into axial tubular entryways of different end members and are securely retained in and by said end members.
  • a continuous closure or loop assembly for use in an adjustable, releasable fastening device for boots, said closure assembly comprising:
  • first flexible member having two ends
  • second flexible member having two ends
  • each of said substantially U-shaped members com prising a base and first and second legs, each of said legs extending outward from said base to an outboard end and being tubular for at least a portion thereof;

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3936959A (en) * 1975-02-12 1976-02-10 Hanson Industries Inc. Ski boot with replaceable liner
US4856210A (en) * 1987-01-20 1989-08-15 Skis Rossignol Closing device for ski boots and the like
US5265351A (en) * 1989-12-18 1993-11-30 Daiwa Seiko, Inc. Ski boot having a carrying hanger provided on an outer member thereof

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US490409A (en) * 1893-01-24 Chain
US1738106A (en) * 1928-12-08 1929-12-03 Kuehner Wilhelm Bracelet
US2199444A (en) * 1938-06-14 1940-05-07 Rauglas Gerard Ski binding
US3084066A (en) * 1959-11-03 1963-04-02 Russell P Dunmire Coated metal article and method of producing
GB1222724A (en) * 1968-04-18 1971-02-17 Gordon Croston Improvements in or relating to connecting links
US3599296A (en) * 1968-07-25 1971-08-17 Loris Baso Buckle for ski and mountaineering shoes

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US490409A (en) * 1893-01-24 Chain
US1738106A (en) * 1928-12-08 1929-12-03 Kuehner Wilhelm Bracelet
US2199444A (en) * 1938-06-14 1940-05-07 Rauglas Gerard Ski binding
US3084066A (en) * 1959-11-03 1963-04-02 Russell P Dunmire Coated metal article and method of producing
GB1222724A (en) * 1968-04-18 1971-02-17 Gordon Croston Improvements in or relating to connecting links
US3599296A (en) * 1968-07-25 1971-08-17 Loris Baso Buckle for ski and mountaineering shoes

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3936959A (en) * 1975-02-12 1976-02-10 Hanson Industries Inc. Ski boot with replaceable liner
US4856210A (en) * 1987-01-20 1989-08-15 Skis Rossignol Closing device for ski boots and the like
US5265351A (en) * 1989-12-18 1993-11-30 Daiwa Seiko, Inc. Ski boot having a carrying hanger provided on an outer member thereof

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DE2262452A1 (de) 1974-01-24
AT325460B (de) 1975-10-27
IT974334B (it) 1974-06-20
CA977140A (en) 1975-11-04

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